The Maine Department of Labor has been awarded $5,594,187 in federal funding to support and expand apprenticeship programs across the state, according to an announcement last week from Maine’s U.S. senators. The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of...
Former Gov. Paul LePage formally announced his candidacy for the Blaine House on Monday, setting up what is likely to be a contentious race against incumbent Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in 2022. LePage, whose eight years in office began suggesting that he might...
The U.S. Administration is supporting a city in Maine that has prohibited storage and handling of crude oil that would be shipped via a pipeline from Canada in a court brief that environmentalists hope would be similar to how the federal government could react to the...
The two-term Republican governor has launched a website with a countdown clock that indicates a formal announcement may be made Monday. Former Republican Governor Paul LePage formally registered as a candidate for Maine governor Thursday, confirming speculation he...
Based on feedback from employers and job seekers some requirements for the state’s Back to Work program are being modified. The $1,500 payment is being extended for the duration of the program June 15- July 25. The program will now also retroactively cover...
Governor Janet Mills signed the revised Fiscal Year 2022-2023 biennial budget into law, making a historic investment in Maine public schools and keeping a promise from the Governor to meet the State’s obligation to pay 55 percent of the cost of K-12 education for the...
In remarks delivered during the last scheduled COVID-19 media briefing, Governor Janet Mills welcomed the end of Maine’s nearly sixteen month long State of Civil Emergency and paid tribute to Maine people for their perseverance throughout the pandemic. The State of...
On Wednesday, Governor Janet Mills signed a new law to temporarily enshrine pandemic-era remote notarization practices into law while the Secretary of State, interest groups, and consumer privacy experts work towards permanent practices for remote, online...
The legislation, which would bar the sale of menthol cigarettes, fails. A bill that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes was defeated in the Legislature as a bipartisan budget compromise brokered over the weekend excluded...
The state’s biennial budget headed to the full Legislature for a vote on Wednesday after members of the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee reached a unanimous, bipartisan agreement on the $8.5 billion package on Sunday. To achieve a...
Governor Janet Mills has signed landmark legislation to establish the Maine Connectivity Authority, a new entity charged with achieving universal availability of high-speed broadband in Maine. Using Federal funds allocated to the State of Maine under the American...
A bill approved by the Maine Legislature aims to control the number of medium-sized solar projects and avoid a further flood of electricity into the grid, but it also could raise electricity distribution rates by up to 30 percent. The measure, which was passed last...
